آب بسته āb-i-basta P s. A glass.

آب خست āb-ḵẖast P s. f. A water-melon, musk-melon, or other fruit the inside of which is acid and perished.

آب دست āb-dast P s. m. Water for washing the hands; washing the hands; a masterlike work-man who imparts lustre to what he executes; a guiltless faḳīr. adj. Having pure hands.

آبست ābist P adj. Pregnant, with young.

آبستان ābistān P adj. Pregnant, with young.

آبستن ābistan P adj. Pregnant, with young.

آبستني ābistan-i P s. f. Pregnancy.

آبسته ābista P adj. Pregnant, with young (a woman or animal): new-born (a child). (Sans. आविष्ट Occupied, engrossed).

آبستگي ābista-gī P s. f. Pregnancy.

آتش پرست ātash-parast P s. m. A worshipper of fire, a guebre, one of the sect of the Magi.

آتش پرستي ātash-parast-ī P s. f. The worship of fire.

آتشستان ātash-istān P s. f. The region of fire, a place where fire abounds; (hence the word is applied to) a hot fire of cannon or small arms in battle; a large fire, a funeral pile.

آراسته ārāsta P adj. Prepared, dressed, adorned, embellished, arranged, regular, improved.

آراستگي ārāsta-gī P s. f. Preparation, decora- tion, ornament, regularity, arrangement, disposi- tion, improvement, refinement, amendment.

آستان āstān P (Sans. स्थान Place, r. ष्ठा Stand) s. m. A threshold, a fakīrʼs residence. آستان بوسي āstān-bos-ī, s. f. Kissing the threshold; paying respects. ستان stān, or استان istān (in compos. signifies) Place.